Quivvo vs InstaBox
Quivvo and InstaBox are built the same way: each agent gets a Firecracker microVM running Debian 13, with root, Docker on the default template, a persistent disk at /data, and a pause that keeps memory when it can. InstaBox costs less and does more. A 2 vCPU, 4 GiB machine costs about $0.017 per running hour on InstaBox and $0.054 on Quivvo, and InstaBox adds Android and CI templates and a URL for each port. Quivvo lets you choose the region a machine runs in, and its credit doesn't expire.
How do they compare?
| Quivvo | InstaBox | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 vCPU + 4 GiB, per running hour | $0.054 | $0.017 |
| Per vCPU-hour | $0.005 | $0.004 |
| Per GiB-hour of memory | $0.011 | $0.00225 |
| Disk | $0.20 per GiB-month, none included | 20 GiB on Free. Pro includes 200 GiB across machines, then $0.08 per GiB-month |
| Free plan | $5 of credit once, 1 machine running at a time, up to 2 vCPUs and 4 GiB | 1 machine, 4 vCPUs and 8 GiB, up to 8 hours a run |
| $20 a month plan | $20 of credit that doesn't expire, 25 machines at once | $20 of credit that resets monthly, 100 machines at once |
| Largest machine | 8 vCPUs, 16 GiB | 32 vCPUs, 64 GiB on Team |
| Region | Your choice of Amsterdam or Ashburn, Virginia | Chosen by InstaBox |
| Public URLs | The machine's URL serves one published port | A URL for each port, up to 16, and a visit wakes a paused machine |
| Desktop | On demand, with Chromium, in the dashboard or any VNC client | VNC desktop with Chromium |
| Other templates | universal, minimal |
Also Android 14 and a GitHub Actions runner |
| Ways to drive it | CLI, REST API, hosted MCP server, TypeScript and Python SDKs | CLI, REST API, hosted MCP server, TypeScript and Python SDKs |
InstaBox's figures come from its pricing page, limits, machine sizes, ports and auto-pause pages, read on 7 November 2026. The hourly price is our arithmetic from its published rates.
When should I choose InstaBox?
Choose InstaBox if price matters most: a machine costs about a third as much per running hour. Choose it too if you want Android or CI machines, larger machines, or a public URL for each port that wakes the machine on the first visit. Its Free plan also allows a larger machine, 4 vCPUs and 8 GiB, and each of its paid plans runs more machines at once.
When should I choose Quivvo?
Choose Quivvo if you need machines in a particular region, such as close to your users or your data in North America or Europe, since InstaBox places machines itself. Choose it too if you'd rather buy credit that doesn't expire than credit that resets each month, or if your agents run long jobs on the Free plan, where Quivvo sets no limit on how long a machine runs.
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